|  |  Ned Kelly Memorial Museum & HomesteadNed Kelly is Australia's most renowned outlaw, a 19th-century Robin Hood who lived much of his life in Glenrowan West. Learn more about him at the Ned Kelly Memorial Museum and wander round an exact replica of his family homestead.Inside the Memorial Museum, Ned Kelly's life unfolds through displays of objects, papers and photographs as well as a suit of armour similar to the one he wore when the police finally came to get him. Beyond the museum is the replica of the homestead. Complete with a bark roof, this is also known as Kate's cottage, named after his sister. Today only the rubble of the chimneys remains on the original site, which is private land and not open to public viewing. The replica can be viewed, however, with a main room (kitchen/dining room) complete with implements and period furniture (from 1870-1890) and newspaper-lined walls of the bedroom where various siblings shared one bed.
At the Ned Kelly Memorial Museum and Homestead, you'll learn how he was just 12 when his ex-convict father John "Red" Kelly died and his mother moved them to the lawless outpost of Greta where her own family, the Quinns, were squatters. As the oldest child, Ned became the main breadwinner. He served under notorious bushranger Harry Power before forming his own gang (Kelly, his brother Dan and mates Joe Byrne and Steve Hart) and fleeing to the bush. After they shot dead three policemen sent to capture them, the biggest manhunt in Australia's history was mounted.
After various skirmishes with the police, the Kelly gang had their last stand, Kelly himself dressed in a 90-pound suit of armour. He escaped to the bush whilst Dan Kelly, Joe Byrne and Steve Hart were killed, but when he returned for his brother the police captured him. He was hanged on 11 November 1880 in Melbourne, aged just 25. There is a large statue of Ned Kelly wearing his trademark armour, erected in his honour very close to the Memorial Museum & Homestead. |
Event Details:
| Date(s):
Daily
Cost:
A$4.50; under 16s A$1
Location:
Glenrowan, Victoria, Australia |
Venue Details:
| Venue Name:
Ned Kelly Memorial Museum & Homestead
Address:
35 Gladstone Street 3675
Phone:
+61 (0) 3 5766 2448
Directions:
Glenrowan is 184 kms (114 miles) northeast of Melbourne on the Hume Highway (M31). Wangaratta is 15 kms further northeast and the main Melbourne to Sydney railway line passes through Glenrowan. The museum is close to the big - and unmissable - statue of Ned Kelly. |
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